Package: policykit-1 X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected] Severity: normal Tags: security
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for policykit-1. CVE-2025-7519[0]: | A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or | more nested elements in depth, an out-of-bounds write can be | triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected | behavior, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit | this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as it's required to | place the malicious policy file properly. Labelling this a security issue seems to be a bit of a stretch... https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379675 Fixed by: https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/commit/107d3801361b9f9084f78710178e683391f1d245 If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-7519 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7519 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
